Dr. Jamal Badawi: One of the most effective Dawah speakers in the modern world

Dr. Jamal Badawi: One of the most effective Dawah speakers in the modern world


Dr. Jamal Badawi has been one of the most popular Muslim speakers in the West for the last three decades and has hundreds of lectures and debates on tapes, as well as books and leaflets on various topics. He is a well-known author, activist, preacher and speaker on Islam and Muslims. In his writings and lectures, he has been trying to remove the misconceptions about Islam and Muslims and present the Islamic solutions on some important problems and issues related to human life, e.g, Gender problem, Family life, life of Mohammad (pbuh) and Faith in Islam and so on.
Dr. Jamal Badawi was born and brought up in Egypt, and it was in Cairo that Dr. Badawi started his career as a student. He received his bachelors from Ain Shams University (Cairo, Egypt). He completed his Post graduation and Ph.D. degrees at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Upon completing his education, Dr. Badawi began working right away and still is quite active in the Muslim community. Currently, Dr. Badawi is the director of the Islamic Information Foundation (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada), which is a non-profit foundation seeking to promote better understanding of Islam by Muslims and non-Muslims.
He is also working in his own field in Business Administration, as a “Professor Emeritus” of Management at St. Mary University (Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada). He is also a cross-appointed faculty member in the Departments of Religious Studies and Management, at the same University. Previously, Dr. Badawi has taught a course on Islam at Stanford University (California, USA) and gave a series of lectures on the Quran at Oxford University (UK).
Along with all these commitments, Dr. Badawi is a member of the Fiqh Council of North America, a part of the Islamic Society of North America, a member of the Consultative Council of North America, and a member of the Juristic Council of North America, The European Council of Fatwa and Research and the International Union of Islamic Scholars. He has been serving as a volunteer Imam of the local Muslim community in Halifax since 1970.
Dr. Badawi has authored several books and articles on Islam.  He is an excellent orator on various pertinent topics, especially Islam and Christianity. He is also very active in journalism and broadcasting. He has researched, designed, and presented a 350 half-hour segment television series on Islam, which was shown on many TV stations in Canada, the US, and other countries, as well. Audio and video copies of this series are widely available throughout the world.
Some of his works are available also on the internet including Gender Equity in Islam available on www.Soundvision.com and a 352-segment television series on Islam, Articles on topics such as “Apostasy” and “Muslim/Non-Muslim Relations” now available [in audio format] under “Islamic Teachings” at www.Islamonline.net and ( Islam in 176 Hours ) at www.ReadingIslam.com .
Some titles of his published books  are: Selected prayers, Gender Equity in Islam, Muhammad in the Bible, Status of Women in Islam, Polygamy in Islamic Law, The Earth and Humanity: An Islamic Perspective, Islam: A Brief Look, Muslim Woman’s Dress According to the Qur’an and the Sunnah and Islamic Ethics.
Many of his Lectures and Debates are: Is the Bible the Word of God?, The Authenticity of the Bible, Treatment of Minorities in Christianity and Islam, Treatment of Women in Christianity and Islam, The Cross Salvation, The Divinity of Jesus, Was Jesus Divine? or Was He a Prophet of God?, God as Viewed in the Bible and the Qur’an, Is Muhammad a Prophet of God?, The Authenticity of the Qur’an, Can Muslims and Christians be friends. Debate: The Way to Salvation, Basic Human Rights as Viewed by Christian and Islam, The Qur’an – Word of God or Muhammad.
One of his writings, he wrote  that the Prophet Mohammed did not preach violence against people of other faiths, Badawi says “a careful reading of the Qur’an leaves no doubt” that “Islam is a religion of peace and nonviolence.” He asserts that “when people quote just one Qur’anic passage, they pull the meaning out of its historical context and out of the complex system of translation from Arabic to another language.”
In addition to his participation in lectures, seminars and interfaith dialogues in North America, Dr. Badawi was invited as a guest speaker on Islam in nearly 30 other countries throughout the world. Dr. Jamal Badawi is also a Guest Scholar at The American Learning Institute for Muslims. He has lectured extensively in North America and abroad, and is an excellent speaker on a variety of topics including Islam & Christianity. He is an expert in Christian-Muslim Dialogues.
Dr. Badawi is married and a father of 5 children and grandfather of 17. Some books and lectures of Dr. Badawi are also available in our country both in English and Bengali language. ”Islamic teaching course” a book written by Badawi is still now influencing all types of people in our country. To learn Islam better and know the situation of Muslims across the world, we must read books and listens to lectures by Dr. Jamal Badawi

Tariq Ramadan: the Hero of Islam in Europe

Tariq Ramadan: the Hero of Islam in Europe

Prof. Dr. Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss-born Arab Muslim academic whose views on Islam reflect a reformist perspective, was born in Switzerland on the 26th of August 1962. Ramadan is the son of Sayed Ramadan and the grandchild of the Late Imam Shahid Hasan-ul-Banna, the founder of Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Gamal al-Banna, the liberal Muslim reformer is his great-uncle. His father was a prominent figure in the Muslim Brotherhood and was exiled from Egypt to Switzerland, by Gamal Abdul Nasser.
Professor Tariq Ramadan holds MA in Philosophy and French literature and PhD in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the University of Geneva. In Cairo, Egypt he received one-on-one intensive training in classic Islamic scholarship from Al-Azhar University scholars.
Dr. Ramadan teaches philosophy and Islamic studies and Professor of Contemporary Islamic Studies at Oxford University. He is also teaching at the Faculty of Theology at Oxford and at the same time Senior Research Fellow at Doshisha University (Kyoto, Japan).
He advocates the study and interpretation of Islamic texts, and emphasizes the heterogeneous nature of Western Muslims He believes that Muslims in Europe have established a new “European Islam” and emphasizes the necessity for their contribution to European society.
Ramadan works primarily on Islamic theology and the position of Muslims in Europe. In general he believes in the need to continue to reinterpret the Qur’an in order to correctly understand Islamic philosophy. He claims that there is no conflict between being both a Muslim and a European; a Muslim must accept the laws of his country, except in rare circumstances. At the same time, he also strongly believes all Muslims should give higher authority to the Qur’an then to the secular law.
Through his writings and lectures he has contributed substantially to the debate on the issues of Muslims in the West and Islamic revival in the Muslim world. He is active both at the academic and grassroots levels lecturing extensively throughout the world on social justice and dialogue between civilizations.
Since 1997, he gives monthly training lectures within “Présence Musulmane” in Belgium and France. He is very hard working in the European associative fabric (community) and in Muslim societies. He also takes part as an expert in various commissions linked to the Brussels Parliament and is a member of several working parties concerned with Islam in the world and on the continent: Deutsches Orient Institute, British Council, Vienna Peace Summit, Barcelona 2004 or the “Laïcité et Islam” commission of the French educational league.
Tariq Ramadan established the Movement of Swiss Muslims. He has taken part in interfaith seminars and has sat on a commission of “Islam and Secularism.” He is widely interviewed and has produced about 100 tapes which sell tens of thousands of copies each year.
Ramadan is currently President of the European think tank: European Muslim Network (EMN) in Brussels and an advisor to the EU on religious issues. In September 2005 he was invited to join a task force by the Government of the United Kingdom.
The British justin bieber Prospect and the American Foreign Policy magazines placed him eighth in a list of the world’s top 100 contemporary intellectuals in 2008.
Dr. Tariq Ramadan is the author of several books. Among his books are:
“What I believe, Radical  Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation, In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Lessons from the Life of Muhammad, Western Muslims and the future of Islam, Islam, the West, and the Challenge of Modernity, To Be a European Muslim, Muslims in secular societies, responsibilities and rights of Muslim people in Western societies. Islam, the encounter of civilizations, what project for which modernity? Islam, The West and The Challenges of Modernity, At the sources of the Islamic revival, one century of Islamic reform,- Muslims in France, Between the man and his heart, About Islam, Muslims of the West, to build and to contribute, – Faith, Path, Resistance, Dar ash-shahada, the Western world, space of testimony, Jihad, violence, war and peace in Islam, Muslims in the West and the future of Islam, Muslim in France: The way towards coexistence, Globalization Muslim Resistances,
In collaboration: some of his discussions are: Can we live with Islam? , Questioning Islam, Islamic danger, Tolerance or freedom? – Islam, Modernism and the West, – Spirituality, a challenge for our society, The Mediterranean, Boarders and passages, the irrational, threat or necessity?  Non-Violence? Ideal images reality-proof, National Federation of yoga educators. Between 1991 and 2003: publication of about 700 contributions or articles: collective books, academic reviews, magazines, etc.
Ramadan is married and has 4 children.
Dr. Ramadan urges all Muslims to re-study the Holy Qur’an for proper understanding of Islam. In his life, he had to face so many difficulties but he removed these by his proper knowledge about Islam. This is the key of inspirations for us to re-study the Islam.

Hamza Yusuf Hanson: An imam for Muslim ummah

Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Hanson: An imam for Muslim ummah

Some people born to be a scholar, to be a philanthropist and to clear away the misconceptions of humanity. Shaykh Hamza Yusuf is not exception to this. Now I’ll focus on the life of Shaykh Hamza Yusuf .
Imam Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (Changed from Mark Hanson) a  converted muslim, was born on 1960 in Walla Walla, Washington and brought  up in Northern California in a Greek Orthodox family. His family, from both sides, is Americans with a long history of residing in America. They’ve been in the US for generations, and can be traced back to Scottish, Greek, and Northern European blood. His ancestral origins from Minnesota.He became Muslim in 1977 in Santa Barbara, California when he was only 17 and set off (In 1979) to study Arabic, Islamic jurisprudence, philosophy, and spiritual psychology with masters in the Muslim world and studied for ten years in the U. A. E., Saudi Arabia, as well as North and West Africa. He received teaching on Quranic studies, Shariah, the science of usool al Fiqh and Tasawwuf.
After ten-years of studies abroad, he returned to the United States and completed degrees in Health care (nursing) at Imperial Valley College and religious studies at San Jose State University.
In the early 1990′s he began to teach classes in the San Francisco Bay Area and in 1996 he established Zaytuna Institute which has achieved an international reputation for presenting a classical picture of Islam in the West and which is dedicated to the revival of traditional study methods and the sciences of Islam. Two years later the institute acquired a property in Hayward, California, where it is now based.
Institute is committed to inspiring a traditional understanding and study of the core Islamic sciences. In addition to weekly classes, week-long and month-long educational programs, and annual conferences that addresses contemporary issues affecting the American people, Zaytuna Institute has published four small books and several major audio-tape sets of Shaykh Hamza’s classes.
His classes on the life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) produced as a 24-audio tape set, has sold well thousands of copies world-wide. Imam Hamza is the Imam of the Santa Clara Masjed in the Bay Area. He is a writer, a lecturer, and a teacher of Arabic & Islamic studies. He lectured at Harvard, Stanford, Brigham Young, Ohio State, and San Jose State University as well as University of California-Davis.Shaykh Hamza travels frequently to major North American and European cities to teach and lecture to both Muslims and non-Muslim audiences.
After his conversion to islam, he has continuously trying to explore the true and pure islamic views to the people of the world.
He met with U.S president George W Bush aftewr the september 11 attacks, 2001 and Arab league and global leaders at the world economic Forum. He denounced terrorism while promoting cooperation and education.
Some of his books are: The State We Are In: Identity, Terror, and the Law of Jihad, Educating your Child in Modern Times, Agenda To Change Our Condition (Co-authored with Imam Zaid Shakir)  and some books translated with additions are; Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart, Content of Character, The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi, Submission Faith and beauty in the religion of islam Books which include his foreword or note are Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning, The Prophetic Invocations By Mostafa Al-Badawi, Some of his papers and journals are, Zaytuna Seasonal Journal, Caesarean Moon Births, Climbing Mount Purgatorio. Some of his articles are: Another Mother of the Believers, GUARDIAN: Face to Faith, Holocaust Denial Undermines Islam, A tree knelt in praise, Love even those who revile you, Islam has progressive tradition too and Spring’s gift.
He presently resides in Northern california with his wife Liliana Hanson and five childeren. His wife received a general degree in Business from imperial valley college in southern california.
Erudite articles, and books of imam inspired the people to know islam both in USA and in rest of the world. These writings  strengthen the believes of muslim and attract the non-muslim to embrace islam.

Dr. ‘Abdul Hamid Ahmad Abu Sulayman

Dr. ‘Abdul Hamid Ahmad Abu Sulayman

 

Dr. ‘Abdul Hamid Ahmad Abu Sulayman who was born on 1936 in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, is one of the famous social thinker and leader of the Muslim ummah .He is also known as the introducer of  a knowledge movement  named “Islamization of Knowledge”.

He has completed his bachelor (B.A, Commerce) and masters (M.A, Political Science) degree from University of Cairo in 1959 and 1963 respectively.  In 1973, he achieved his PhD on International Relations from University of Pennsylvania, USA

After completion his MA degree, Dr. Sulayman joined as the Secretary of State Planning Committee, Saudi Arabia in 1963 and working there successfully for two years till 1964. In his working life he joined at and established different organization and concentrate with the best possible effort to perform his duty and responsibility to those institutions.

He was the Secretary General of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) for seven years (1973-79) and the Chairman of  Department of Political Science at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for two years  (1982 -84).

Dr. Abu Sulayman is the founding member of The Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS, 1972), and its former President (1985-87). Presently he is the Rector of the International Islamic University (IIU), Malaysia and Chairman of the Board, trustee, former president, and founding member of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT).

As a social scientist, Dr. Sulayman has been trying to reshape the subject of social sciences with the help of Islamic knowledge and technology which is proved by his writings named ‘The Premises of the Social Sciences, Islamization and the Science of Education, Islamization and Political Science, Islam, Science, and Technology.

Like other Muslim scholars, he is also concern about the present crucial situation of Muslim ummah around the world. To aware the Muslim people, he is remaindering them the golden heritage of ummah compared to the present stage as he has written: “Across the Muslim world today if anything is self-evident it is that the Ummah is badly in need of reform. On this point it can be stated with confidence that all Muslims are agreed. Poverty and injustice characterize the face of Muslim lands from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Pollution and corruption are the order of the day in societies where the gulf between then and the developed countries of the world have never been wider. Politics in the Muslim world are all too often the politics of desperation, economics the economics of deprivation, and culture the culture of despair”.

He has participated in many international workshop, seminar and conferences around the world. In his speech and articles, he specially emphasized on those topics which will be more fruitful and effective to recover the present crisis including ‘the Historical Roots of the Crisis, the Crux of the Crisis and the Future of the Ummah, the Traditional Methodology of Islamic Thought: Assessment and Critique, Shari’ah and Non-Shari’ah Sciences, the Conflict Between Reason and Revelation, Our Intellectual Heritage: Past, Present, and Future, Islamic Methodology: Means and Application, Requirements for Establishing the Islamic Civilizational Sciences, the philosophy of economics , Islamization of knowledge, the duty and responsibility of youth to remove the misconceptions about Islam by practicing Islam in their life.

To serve and reform the activities of ummah, Dr. Abu Sulayman has been writing many books and articles including  ‘The Islamic Theory of International Relations: New Directions for Islamic Methodology and Thought,   Azmat al ‘Aql al Muslim (Arabic), and The Islamic Theory of Economics: Philosophy and Contemporary Means ,Crisis in the Muslim mind .the doctrine of crucifixion between Islam and Christianity: A dialogue and comparative study, Man between two laws: a Qur’anic perspective in understanding self and understanding the other, Translation and connecting arteries of Arab culture with the gift of Human civilization, Contemporary Islamic presentational approach: Distortions, Confusions and superficialization, Arabic language and challenges of the age, Islam as a faith,, Identity, personality and civilization, Islam is aqidah, identity and personality.

Dr. ‘Abdul Hamid is also well-known to the people of Bangladesh. Some of his books and articles are available in both English and Bangle in our country. The translated copy of His famous book “Crisis in the muslim mind (Muslim manose sankat)” is published by the Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Though (BIIT) which is the country office and brunch of International Institute of Islamic Though (IIIT). As youth, we should study those books to be inspired and enlightened.

Basharat Hossain Dilshad
Dr. ‘Abdul Hamid Ahmad Abu Sulayman who was born on 1936 in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, is one of the famous social thinker and leader of the Muslim ummah .He is also known as the introducer of  a knowledge movement  named “Islamization of Knowledge”.He has completed his bachelor (B.A, Commerce) and masters (M.A, Political Science) degree from University of Cairo in 1959 and 1963 respectively.  In 1973, he achieved his PhD on International Relations from University of Pennsylvania, USAAfter completion his MA degree, Dr. Sulayman joined as the Secretary of State Planning Committee, Saudi Arabia in 1963 and working there successfully for two years till 1964. In his working life he joined at and established different organization and concentrate with the best possible effort to perform his duty and responsibility to those institutions.   He was the Secretary General of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) for seven years (1973-79) and the Chairman of  Department of Political Science at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for two years  (1982 -84). Dr. Abu Sulayman is the founding member of The Association of Muslim Social Scientists (AMSS, 1972), and its former President (1985-87). Presently he is the Rector of the International Islamic University (IIU), Malaysia and Chairman of the Board, trustee, former president, and founding member of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT).As a social scientist, Dr. Sulayman has been trying to reshape the subject of social sciences with the help of Islamic knowledge and technology which is proved by his writings named ‘The Premises of the Social Sciences, Islamization and the Science of Education, Islamization and Political Science, Islam, Science, and Technology.Like other Muslim scholars, he is also concern about the present crucial situation of Muslim ummah around the world. To aware the Muslim people, he is remaindering them the golden heritage of ummah compared to the present stage as he has written: “Across the Muslim world today if anything is self-evident it is that the Ummah is badly in need of reform. On this point it can be stated with confidence that all Muslims are agreed. Poverty and injustice characterize the face of Muslim lands from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Pollution and corruption are the order of the day in societies where the gulf between then and the developed countries of the world have never been wider. Politics in the Muslim world are all too often the politics of desperation, economics the economics of deprivation, and culture the culture of despair”.
He has participated in many international workshop, seminar and conferences around the world. In his speech and articles, he specially emphasized on those topics which will be more fruitful and effective to recover the present crisis including ‘the Historical Roots of the Crisis, the Crux of the Crisis and the Future of the Ummah, the Traditional Methodology of Islamic Thought: Assessment and Critique, Shari’ah and Non-Shari’ah Sciences, the Conflict Between Reason and Revelation, Our Intellectual Heritage: Past, Present, and Future, Islamic Methodology: Means and Application, Requirements for Establishing the Islamic Civilizational Sciences, the philosophy of economics , Islamization of knowledge, the duty and responsibility of youth to remove the misconceptions about Islam by practicing Islam in their life. To serve and reform the activities of ummah, Dr. Abu Sulayman has been writing many books and articles including  ‘The Islamic Theory of International Relations: New Directions for Islamic Methodology and Thought,   Azmat al ‘Aql al Muslim (Arabic), and The Islamic Theory of Economics: Philosophy and Contemporary Means ,Crisis in the Muslim mind .the doctrine of crucifixion between Islam and Christianity: A dialogue and comparative study, Man between two laws: a Qur’anic perspective in understanding self and understanding the other, Translation and connecting arteries of Arab culture with the gift of Human civilization, Contemporary Islamic presentational approach: Distortions, Confusions and superficialization, Arabic language and challenges of the age, Islam as a faith,, Identity, personality and civilization, Islam is aqidah, identity and personality. Dr. ‘Abdul Hamid is also well-known to the people of Bangladesh. Some of his books and articles are available in both English and Bangle in our country. The translated copy of His famous book “Crisis in the muslim mind (Muslim manose sankat)” is published by the Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Though (BIIT) which is the country office and brunch of International Institute of Islamic Though (IIIT). As youth, we should study those books to be inspired and enlightened.

Sheikh Ahmed Hoosen Deedat: the icon of the Muslim world

Sheikh Ahmed Hoosen Deedat: the icon of the Muslim world

Sheikh Ahmed Hoosen Deedat was the most powerful Muslim scholar, writer, orator, preacher with more than five decades of experience in his time. Astoundingly, he had vast knowledge of Christianity, then Islam and for this, any Christian missionary thinks hundreds times before debating with him. He employed his God gifted knowledge properly to prove the superiority of Islam among all religion.

He was born on July 01, 1918 in Surat district (Tadkeshwar town) of Gujarat, India. His father, who was a tailor, had immigrated to South Africa shortly after the birth of Deedat. For this he had no remembrance of his father until 1926. In 1927, he went to Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa to meet with his parents as nine years old boy. Unfortunately, his mother died after a few months of his departure in the same year.

Ahmed was a very brilliant student and showed his outstanding performance in school by overcoming different types of obstacles as language barrier in foreign surrounding. But unhappily, after completing standard six, he had to quit school due to financial insolvency and took his first job in retailing at the age of 16.

The life of Deedat was changed in 1936, while he was a salesman at a Muslim owned furniture store near a Christian seminary on the Natal South Coast. The trainee Christian missionaries were trying to convert Muslim peoples by spreading malicious words against Islam and the Holy Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. This ceaseless malevolence of missionaries instills a willful flare of aspiration within the boy to offset their phony propaganda.

As a result , sheikh Deedat   read a book named Izharul Haq- The Truth revealed, written by Rahmatullah Kairanawi which contains different techniques to prevent the false propaganda against Islam and Muslim and enormous success of the efforts of Muslims against Christian missionary harassment during the British subjugation and rule of India.

He was intensely influenced by the ideas of this book, specially the idea of holding debate and dialogue with non-Muslim priests and missionaries. It was proved as true when he purchasehd of his first Bible and studied it critically and took classes on Bible in Islamic study classes held by a local Muslim converted named Mr.Fairfax.

Furthermore, Deedat became a confidential preacher of Islam and primarily conducted Bible classes, lectures and debates in South Africa, after that around the world over for four decades. In 1942, he delivered his first lecture entitled “Muhammad: Messenger of Peace” at Durban and Jummah mosque at Durban became the center of the Dawah.

He founded the largest Islamic Dawah Organization in the world, the Islamic Propagation Center International (IPCI) with his two friends Goolam Hoosein Vanker and Tahir Rasul (1957) and the first Islamic Seminary in Southern Africa to train propagators at Assalaam educational Institute, Braemar in the south of Natal province (1958). For the first time, Deedat conducted his classes, Lectures, and debates on Biblical theology, comparative religion outside of South Africa by the early of 1980s.

He delivered thousands of lectures all over the world which are available all over the world in the various languages in Video and DVD format. His dialogue with the heads of the Protestant world in America and the late Pope John Paul is also available. He visited many countries including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, United Kingdom, and Pakistan, united state of America, Canada, and Australia. Sweden and Denmark

In 1986, he was awarded the prestigious King Faisal Award for his sterling services to Islam in the field of Propagation. Nelson Mandela, the former president of South Africa, congratulating Deedat for his international icon status in the Muslim World.

He has published more than 20 books and distributed millions of copies of free literature and pamphlets around the world. Some of his books are: The Choice – Between Islam and Christianity – Volume I, The Choice – Between Islam and Christianity – Volume II, Is the Bible God’s Word? Al Qur’an the Miracle of Miracles, What is His Name? Christ in Islam, What was the sign of Jonah? What the Bible says about Muhammad (pbuh)? Resurrection or Resuscitation? Arabs and Israel – Conflict or Conciliation? Crucifixion or Cruci-Fiction, Muhammad: The Natural Successor to Christ, Muhammad The Greatest, Al-Qur’an: the Ultimate Miracle. Many of his publications have been translated into the many different languages of the world such as Russian, Urdu, Arabic, Bengali, French, Amharic, Chinese, Japanese, Mayalam, Indonesian, Zulu, Afrikaans, Dutch, and Norwegian amongst others.

On May 03, 1996 Sheikh Ahmed Deedat suffered from a serious stroke and remained paralyzed and bedridden for 9 years in his home Verulam. On 8th August, 2005 he passed away at the age of 87 and buried at the verulam cemetery in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Deedat was looked after by his wife Hawa Deedat, she passed away on August 28th 2006 at the age of 85 at Deedat’s home. May Allah (swt) bless his soul with Jannatul Firdous for his cordial efforts to preach Islam. To know more about him you can visit: www.ahmed-deedat.net.

Adnan Oktar: an examined believer and the preacher of Islam

Adnan Oktar: an examined believer and the preacher of Islam

Adnan oktar whose pen name is Harun Yahya was born on February 2, 1956 in Ankara, Turkey and stayed there until he completed his high school life. He acquired much   knowledge of religion by studying a large number of Islamic books in school life induced by his knowledge seeking behavior and determined to sermonize these true messages to the friends and people living around him.

After successfully completion high school education, in 1979, he got admission in department of interior design education at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Istanbul by obtaining third position among thousand of aspirants in admission test. After three years, he entered in the philosophy department at Istanbul University.

After entering at Mimar Sinan University, he saw that almost every one including teachers and students was severely influenced by the ideology of Marx and atheism and proliferating the materialistic philosophy especially Darwinism with the help of illegal Marxist organization. It became an institution where malicious action against religion and religious person was common.

However, Adnan decided to protest to spread the factual message of Islam and began his mission by telling the students, staffs and teachers about the invalidity of Darwinism and the authenticity of the existence and oneness of Allah.

During this time he passed most of his time through studying books and works on Marxism, communism, Leninism, Maoism, materialistic philosophy and secular ideologies, both archetypal and seldom -read text as his mother ‘Madina Oktar said.

Thus he became much knowledgeable about these theories, philosophies and ideologies based on atheism even better than their own experts and took the notes on hitches, dilemma, deadlocks, contradictions and phonies in these philosophies for further research on theory of evolution. On the basis of extensive research he published a booklet titled ‘The evolutionary theory’ which unveil the fallacy of Darwinism and distributed it to the university students. In this comprehensive work, he proved that Darwinism is a deception in the name of science by showing evidence directly from its original text. The thinking and belief of many students and instructors were deeply influenced by the dawah of Adnan.

In the meantime, some militant Marxists were threatening him to stop his activities but failed to keep away from his way. Furthermore, he encouraged by divine verses and became the only person who prayed openly in the Molla Mosque, adjacent to the university.

Oktar was alone for three years in his struggle. In 1982, some young fresher supported his ideologies and joined with him. A group of 20-30 people was formed between the 1982 and 1984.he began to arrange conversation with youth on ‘existence and oneness of Allah’ and the Islamic ideology. The number of his companion increased day by day.

For the first time, his name appeared in the ‘Nokta (the point) magazine in 1986 and became well known to the general public. After that many newspapers published his story about preaching Islam. He compiled all his valuable researches on Darwinism in his book Living Beings and Evolution in 1986.

In 1986, he was first arrested based on a fake complaint because of his words “I am from the nation of Abraham and Turkish ethnicity” and for the publication of Judaism and Freemasonry and transferred to Bakirkoy Mental Hospital and tortured there inhumanly. He was chained to bed by his ankles and no one could be able to meet with him and imprisoned there for 19 months. Then he was released by the court for his ingenuousness in 1988. As a result the number of his supporter increased tremendously. During 1990, a cocaine plot was taken by police and arrested him but failed to make him guilty. Oktar was sentenced by a Turkish court to three years in prison for “creating an illegal organization for personal gain in 2008.

He established the Science Research Foundation (SRF) in 1990 to run their activities and Foundation for Protection of National Values in 1995 for nexus with other traditional Islamist and nationalist organizations and individuals.

With other works, adnan oktar wrote more than hundred books, booklets and articles on political, scientific and religious issues .some famous books are: Judaism and Freemasonry, The Holocaust Lie, Allah is Known Through Reason, Allah’s Artistry in Color, The Creation Of The Universe, Islam Denounces Terrorism, Allah’s Miracles in the Qur’an, Miracles of The Qur’an and so more. All of his books and documentaries are available for free download from his website. www.harunyahya.com and the website of Science Research Foundation, http://www.srf-tr.org/

The life of adnan okter may be an example of boldness for true seeking youth to achieve the target. To prove the oneness of almighty Allah, he spends much of his time by writing, speaking and making dialogue between people. Fainally, with the mercy of Allah he touched his target because his mission is still continuing.

 

Dr Ahmad Muhammad Ali Al Madani: The Initiator of Islamic Development Bank (IDB)

Dr Ahmad Muhammad Ali Al Madani: The Initiator of Islamic Development Bank (IDB)

Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali Al-Madani is the first and present president of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) situated in Jeddah, which was established in 1975 and is now operating its development project and activities among 56 Muslim countries. Dr.Ahmad devoted his life to serve the ummah through IDB and various ways. Let’s know something about him.

Dr. Ahmad was born in 1934 in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

This Arabian scholar successfully turned to higher education after finishing his primary and secondary education from different institution in Madina and obtained a B.A. Degree in Commerce from the Faculty of Commerce of Cairo University in 1957. Besides, in 1959, he received another B.A. Degree in Law from the Faculty of Law from the same University. In his incandescent career, he waxed his life by achieving a M.A. Degree in Public Administration from University of Michigan, USA in 1962 and finally, to stay at zenith of knowledge, in 1967, he accomplished a Ph.D in Public Administration (Fiscal Management) from State University of New York, USA. The Theme of his Dissertation was “Financial Control before Disbursement – Comparative Study of the Financial System in Saudi Arabia and the State of New York”.

Like his glowing education life, he started his professional life as a Director of ‘Scientific and Islamic Institute’ situated at Aden in Yemen in 1958 and spend two years there.

Afterward, he returned to his homeland Saudi Arabia and joined as the Acting Rector of King Abdulaziz University where he stayed till 1972.for his philanthropic and cerebral motive, the Saudi government appointed him as Deputy Minister of Education for Technical Matters in 1972and thus he served the nation for three years (1972-1975). In the meantime, in 1975, he was elected as the president of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) which was established upon the inventiveness of ‘the late King Faisal Bin Abdulaziz’ and ‘Organization of the Islamic Countries (OIC)’ and worked till 1993.Furthermore, during 1993–1995; he was the Secretary-General, Muslim World League, Makkah Al-Mukarramah and reshuffled the MWL as it was his key responsibility. Currently, again since 1995, he has been serving the humanity as the President of Islamic Development Bank group, (IDB Group), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

With his first-rated knowledge and practical experience, took various attempts to widen the banking activities in numerous sectors such as research, economics, finance, trade, insurance and private sector and successively founded different institutions incorporating Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) which comprises the Islamic Development Bank Group.

Dr.Ahmad concentrated his knowledge and deeds to attain and ensure the highest possible wellbeing of people through Islamic principles as directed in the Holy Quran and the Sunnah with the super combination of modern comprehension as he firmly believe that the principles of Islamic economics and banking is ample to solve the current economic problem of the world.

This famed intellectual established the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) to eradicate poverty, illiteracy, etc by taking the challenging mission of “Khairu Annaas Min Nafa Annas – The best amongst you are those who are beneficial for others”.

Dr.Ahmad’s cordial services in different institutions both in government as well as private level recognized him as a social maker in Saudi Arabia and rest of the world.

He is member of the Higher Education Councils of five Universities including King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Imam Mohammed Ben Saud University, King Saud University Council, and the Board member of the Saudi Fund for Development.

Dr.Ali told that, mutiple donors and development agencies/partners must ‘synchronize’ their policies and programs both at the planning and execution stages to attain their goals which may satisfy the common characteristics of development. As he states that, “Development is a … complex and multifaceted issue that may not necessarily be captured by a handful of indicators”. He also said that, “the continued sustainability of a project many years after the project has been completed” is also another criterion in determining the success of a development project.

Dr Ali has vast knowledge on Islamic Economics, Banking and Education and wrote many articles, papers and delivered speeches, lectures on these topics which expressed his ideas of development and welfare of people. His famous ‘Lecture Series’ was published with the title “Role of Islamic Banks in Development” for which he was awarded an “IDB Prize”.

He is married and has four children. Currently, he is living with his family in Saudi Arabia. Finally, it can be cited that, we should take the lesson from his life and pray to Allah for him so that he can contribute more to the ummah.

Dr. Ahmad Mohamed Ali Al-Madani is the first and present president of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) situated in Jeddah, which was established in 1975 and is now operating its development project and activities among 56 Muslim countries. Dr.Ahmad devoted his life to serve the ummah through IDB and various ways. Let’s know something about him.
Dr. Ahmad was born in 1934 in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah, in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
This Arabian scholar successfully turned to higher education after finishing his primary and secondary education from different institution in Madina and obtained a B.A. Degree in Commerce from the Faculty of Commerce of Cairo University in 1957. Besides, in 1959, he received another B.A. Degree in Law from the Faculty of Law from the same University. In his incandescent career, he waxed his life by achieving a M.A. Degree in Public Administration from University of Michigan, USA in 1962 and finally, to stay at zenith of knowledge, in 1967, he accomplished a Ph.D in Public Administration (Fiscal Management) from State University of New York, USA. The Theme of his Dissertation was “Financial Control before Disbursement – Comparative Study of the Financial System in Saudi Arabia and the State of New York”.
Like his glowing education life, he started his professional life as a Director of ‘Scientific and Islamic Institute’ situated at Aden in Yemen in 1958 and spend two years there.Afterward, he returned to his homeland Saudi Arabia and joined as the Acting Rector of King Abdulaziz University where he stayed till 1972.for his philanthropic and cerebral motive, the Saudi government appointed him as Deputy Minister of Education for Technical Matters in 1972and thus he served the nation for three years (1972-1975). In the meantime, in 1975, he was elected as the president of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) which was established upon the inventiveness of ‘the late King Faisal Bin Abdulaziz’ and ‘Organization of the Islamic Countries (OIC)’ and worked till 1993.Furthermore, during 1993–1995; he was the Secretary-General, Muslim World League, Makkah Al-Mukarramah and reshuffled the MWL as it was his key responsibility. Currently, again since 1995, he has been serving the humanity as the President of Islamic Development Bank group, (IDB Group), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
With his first-rated knowledge and practical experience, took various attempts to widen the banking activities in numerous sectors such as research, economics, finance, trade, insurance and private sector and successively founded different institutions incorporating Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), the Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit (ICIEC), the Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD), and the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) which comprises the Islamic Development Bank Group.

Dr.Ahmad concentrated his knowledge and deeds to attain and ensure the highest possible wellbeing of people through Islamic principles as directed in the Holy Quran and the Sunnah with the super combination of modern comprehension as he firmly believe that the principles of Islamic economics and banking is ample to solve the current economic problem of the world.
This famed intellectual established the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (ISFD) to eradicate poverty, illiteracy, etc by taking the challenging mission of “Khairu Annaas Min Nafa Annas – The best amongst you are those who are beneficial for others”.
Dr.Ahmad’s cordial services in different institutions both in government as well as private level recognized him as a social maker in Saudi Arabia and rest of the world.
He is member of the Higher Education Councils of five Universities including King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Imam Mohammed Ben Saud University, King Saud University Council, and the Board member of the Saudi Fund for Development.
Dr.Ali told that, mutiple donors and development agencies/partners must ‘synchronize’ their policies and programs both at the planning and execution stages to attain their goals which may satisfy the common characteristics of development. As he states that, “Development is a … complex and multifaceted issue that may not necessarily be captured by a handful of indicators”. He also said that, “the continued sustainability of a project many years after the project has been completed” is also another criterion in determining the success of a development project.
Dr Ali has vast knowledge on Islamic Economics, Banking and Education and wrote many articles, papers and delivered speeches, lectures on these topics which expressed his ideas of development and welfare of people. His famous ‘Lecture Series’ was published with the title “Role of Islamic Banks in Development” for which he was awarded an “IDB Prize”.
He is married and has four children. Currently, he is living with his family in Saudi Arabia. Finally, it can be cited that, we should take the lesson from his life and pray to Allah for him so that he can contribute more to the ummah.